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7 Quick and Nutritious Recipes You Can Make With Breast Milk
For the first six months of a baby’s life, breast milk provides her with all the nutrients and antibodies she needs for growth and development. So, if you’re producing milk after weaning or have breast milk frozen in packets, you shouldn’t let it go waste. After all, it is considered liquid gold!
Baby Recipes That Can Be Made From Breast Milk
You can use breast milk or formula to make delicious and nutritious recipes even after you’ve weaned your baby off the breast. The following recipes combine breast milk with fruits and veggies that are great first foods for babies.
1. Breast Milk Butter
Don’t be surprised! You can indeed make butter from breast milk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3dzhjiwCog
Ingredients:
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Clean jar (with a lid)
Recommended Age: 6+ months
Method:
Add it to a freshly cleaned jar.
Put the lid on and shake well for 5-8https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/your-6-months-old-baby-growth-and-development/ minutes till you get butter.
Drain off the remaining liquid and serve.
2. Pureed Sweet Potato With Breast Milk
Sweet potatoes are one of the best first foods for babies. You can thin the puree with breast milk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOM-am-hFd0
Ingredients:
Sweet potatoes – 1 or 2
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Recommended Age: 6+ months
Method:
Wash the sweet potatoes and peel them. Cut into small pieces.
Boil water in a saucepan. Add the diced sweet potatoes and cook for 15 minutes till they become tender.
You can mash with a fork or use a mixer to blend to a fine paste.
Add the breast milk to the puree.
Serve.
3. Breast Milk Banana Ice Cream
This recipe has the wholesomeness of breast milk and also doesn’t contain preservatives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMoJhJYvmYQ
Ingredients:
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Banana – 1/2, sliced
Recommended Age: 6+ months
Method:
Refrigerate the banana slices for at least two hours.
Add the slices and breast milk to a mixer and blend to a fine paste. You can also just mash it with a fork instead of blending it.
Serve immediately.
4. Breast Milk Oats Porridge
If you wish to wait to introduce your little one to cow’s milk, breast milk can be used to make delicious porridge for breakfast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fHafdLC7s
Ingredients:
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Rolled oats – 3 tablespoons
Apple puree
Recommended Age: 6+ months
Method:
Add the rolled oats to a mixer and blend to a fine powder consistency. You can use this immediately or store in an airtight container.
Use 1 portion of oats and 2 portions of breast milk to make the porridge.
Add these to a saucepan and keep stirring for 3-4 minutes.
You can add the apple puree while the porridge is getting cooked.
Serve hot or cool, depending on how your baby likes it.
5. Breast Milk Banana Puree
This puree is so yummy that your baby will drink it all up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7WsJZN8DM
Ingredients:
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder (optional)
Banana – 1, sliced
Recommended Age: 6+ months
Method:
Slice the banana and mash it with a fork.
Add breast milk to thin the consistency.
Add cardamom powder if you want.
Mix well and serve.
6. Beetroot and Breast Milk Puree
Beetroot is also one of the best first foods you can feed your little one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkEUOex-xA&t=29s
Ingredients:
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Beetroot – 1 cup, peeled and sliced
Recommended Age: 8+ months
Method:
Cook the beetroot until it turns soft.
Add the pieces to a mixer and blend till smooth.
Add the breastmilk for a thinner consistency.
Serve.
7. Breast Milk Teething Popsicle
This teething popsicle will help give your baby something nutritious to chew on when her teeth start to erupt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVYSrp5nAWU
Ingredients:
Pacifier – 1
Bottle cap/ mould – 1
Breast milk – 1/2 cup
Recommended Age: 6+ months
Method:
Pour the breast milk into the bottle cap/ mould.
Stick the pacifier into the mould.
Freeze for at least two hours.
Your baby can suck on this teething popsicle.
Tips for Cooking With Breast Milk
Here are some tips you should keep in mind while using breast milk in the above recipes.
1. Breast milk lasts for upto 4 hours at room temperature, 4 days in the fridge, and 6 months in the freezer before it goes bad.
2. You can thaw frozen breast milk by placing it in a bowl of warm water.
3. Thawed breast milk should not be re-frozen.
4. Don’t heat breast milk by placing it on the stove or in the microwave.
5. Ensure that the vessels used to prepare baby food are sterilised before use.
Once your baby is 6 months old, start with one and introduce new foods gradually, after noting whether she develops a food allergy. If this is the case, that particular fruit or vegetable should not be fed any further, without consulting a paediatrician.
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Samosa with Masala Chana
Samosa has the prominence of being designated as the food of the nation. No matter to what nook and cranny you go inside India, there will always be a local ‘halwai’ frying samosas in a huge kadhai, and the eager customers stuffing themselves with the universal snack. Given that this dish is omni-present, you can’t blame your kid if he yearns for a plate of this snack. The least you can do is, you can make samosas at home to make sure he is not indulging in the unhealthy road-side food. Our recipe will not only satiate his cravings, but also would tempt him to come back for seconds.
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
4 People
15-20 Minutes
25-30 Minutes
Ingredients
100 g chana (Chick Peas)
300 g potato, boiled and smashed
200 g maida
100 g onion, chopped
¼ th cup tomato puree
6 chillies, finely chopped
20 g tamarind chutney (optional)
20 g coriander chutney (optional)
½ Lemon juice
½ tsp chat masala
½ tsp cumin powder, roasted
1 tsp sugar (optional)
2 tsp garam masala
Cashew nuts and Raisins (optional)
Method
For Samosa
Step 1
In a bowl, take flour, salt, carom seeds and oil. Mix the ingredients well with your fingers. Now, add water to the flour and make a firm dough. Wet a muslin cloth and cover the dough with it. Keep it aside for 20 minutes.
Step 2
Pressure cook potatoes.
Step 3
On a cutting board, chop onions, green chillies and coriander finely.
Step 4
Take a plate and peel the potatoes. With a masher smash the potatoes. Now add salt, chopped chillies and coriander, roasted cumin powder and squeeze half a lemon. Mix all the ingredients well.
Step 5
Now make even size balls of the dough and keep it aside. Do not roll the dough too thick as it will make the cover hard.
Step 6
Roll the dough into a cone shaped container that can hold the stuffing. Now, stuff the filling made in the cone shaped dough and seal all the sides properly.
Step 7
Press all edges properly so that the filling does not spill out and oil reaches till the filling while frying. Make all the samosas and keep them aside, covered under wet muslin cloth.
Step 8
Now, in a wok, keep oil for frying. When the oil is hot, slide 2 - 3 samosa into the wok, and reduce the flame to low. Fry them until they become golden brown. Fry rest of the samosas with the same procedure.
Masala Chana
Step 1
Soak chana overnight.
Step 2
Drain the excess water from the chana with a strainer.
Step 3
Pressure cook chana, until they become soft.
Step 4
In a pan, take some oil. On a high flame, add cumin seeds, chopped onions. Fry them till onion becomes translucent. Now add chopped green chillies.
Step 5
Now pour tomato puree and let it cook. Add the garam masala and stir it nicely.
Step 6
Take the boiled chana and add to the wok. Stir the ingredients well. Add a little water to the chana and let it cook for 10-15 min on low flame.
Step 7
Remove it from the gas and serve with the samosa.
Nutritional Information
Calories
845 K cal
Proteins
8.9 g
Total Fat
6.7 g
Total Carbohydrates
57.2 g
Cholesterol
2 mg
Sodium
285 mg
Potassium
311 mg
*For deep frying, add approximately 10 grams of fat per serving, at 9 Kcal/gram of fat.
Tip: Do not fry on a fluctuating flame. Add samosa only when the oil is hot, so that they become crispy. If you fry them when the oil is not considerably hot, they will soak oil and not become crispy. Read more
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Spotting and keeping Household Poisons Away from Infants
Many times, infants come in contact with the common chemicals, cleansers and medicines used for various household purposes. Proper poison-proofing of the house is necessary to prevent household poisons from causing harm to your little one.
Babies grow up rapidly and start exploring the things kept in the cupboards and drawers of the house, out of curiosity. If parents conduct a thorough inspection of the house they will realize, that many household items can prove to be hazardous for their child. Therefore, it is important that parents distinguish between what is safe for their child and what is not. Unsafe items must be kept far away from the reach of the child.
Common Household Poisons
The products listed below contain high levels of poison and are dangerous for your baby. It’s important to keep them locked away in closets to prevent your baby from accidentally handling and ingesting them:
Cleansing products for cleaning kitchen utensils, toilet cleansers, fabric bleach, surface disinfectant, Washing detergents etc
Prescription drugs and medicines
Small household plants
Button batteries and coins
Pesticides and insecticides
Kerosene and petrol
Air fresheners
Below is the list of some common products that are not extremely dangerous, but contain some poisonous materials that can cause severe reactions in babies, if ingested:
Cosmetics
Baby care products like soaps, creams, lotions, powders, etc
Glues
Paints
Prevention from Household Poisoning
Accidental ingestion of poison can be quite traumatic for the baby, most of the times, requiring a hospital stay. Hence it is wise to take adequate precautions and prevent them from happening. Follow the steps below :
Even before the baby is born, you can keep away the poisonous chemicals or cleaners at a safe place. You’ll hardly get any time to do this once the baby is home.
Medicines, cleansers, chemicals should be stored in child proof lockers and cupboards, on high shelves
When the products are being used, keep them away from the reach of the infant and store them away in their place as soon as their use is over.
After using the product, close the bottle tightly and replace the product from where it was taken.
Unwanted and expired medicines and drugs should be removed from the house from time to time.
Household poisons for insects, rats and pests and high-potency cleansing chemicals like acids. should not be transferred to any other container used for storing food or water. It should be kept in the same container in which it was bought, to prevent confusion between eatables and the poison.
If the child requires any medicine, the label should be read carefully to know about the dosage and if it is suitable for the child. Always check the expiry date of any products and medicines being used for children.
Batteries and coins should be kept out of reach of the kids. Babies, while playing with the batteries or coins might accidentally swallow them, causing their airways to be blocked.
A medicine should never be referred to as a ‘candy’ or ‘chocolate’. This may result in a situation where your baby may take the medicine by himself, in your absence.
Purses and bags of guests should be stored in a place where the babies cannot reach, to prevent accidents in case your baby decides to explore them and fishes out potentially harmful things like coins, keys, medicines etc. kept in the purse.
Pesticides and rat poisons should be stored separately. These are very hazardous for the kid.
Alcoholic drinks should not be left open. After a party, put away the left-over alcohol immediately.
Keeping these points in mind would make your house a much safer place for the little one to explore and satisfy his curiosity. Read more
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